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Flashcards by Carys Hughes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Carys Hughes
about 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Family Tineidae (clothes moth) (think of tineidae-tiny-tiny fringe) Hind wings appear fringed, wings are oval Colouration is brownish or golden, small sized moth | |
| Family Alucitidae (many plumed moth) (feathers- think of your bird projects alcidae-alucitidae) Both fore- and hind-wings consist of about six rigid spines, from which flexible bristles come off, looks like bird feathers | |
| Family Plutellidae (diamondback moths) (think pluto, shapes, diamonds) Males show a series of 3 diamond-shaped marks along the line where the wings meet *Has a white morph | |
| Also Family Plutellidae (diamondback moths) Open wings look like fringe but can still see part of diamond shape | |
| Family Sesiidae (clearwing moths) Fore wings are smaller than hind wings, clear Body elongated, wasp like with lines of yellow Must know difference between this and sphingidae*** will be on test | |
| Family Sphingidae (sphinx or hawk moths, hornworms) -This one is clear winged Looks more like a bee with the body, fuzzy, and the fore wings are larger than hind wings, which is the opposite for sesiidae. | |
| Family Sphingidae (sphinx or hawk moths, hornworms) Others are not clear winged but still have the same shape and size of wings. -heavy bodied moths -long narrow fore-wings -relatively small hind wings. | |
| Family Pterophoridae (plume moths) -slender, usually brown or grey moths with long, narrow wings. -Fore wing are notched into two to four lobes -Hind wing into three more deeply cut, feather-like plumes | |
| Family Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths) (think saturn-rings/holes,holes in wings) -Medium-sized to very large moths. -Heavy hairy body -Many have transparent eyespots in the wings -Antennae are feathery | |
| Family Eribidae (Tiger Moths) (cow like pattern, elmers farm) -Small to medium-sized moths -heavy-bodied -Coloured in spots and bands of black, brown, white, pink, red, yellow and orange. -Antennae are featherlike or haired in males, threadlike in females | |
| Family Hesperiidae (skippers) -Small to medium-sized butterflies -Dull brown, grey or orange colours -Stout muscular bodies and short wings, resemble moths. -Broad head -Clubbed antennae | |
| Family Papilionidae (swallowtails and apollos) -Yellow or white with black markings -Subfamily Papilioninae (swallowtails) have tails on the hind wings -Subfamily Parnassiinae (apollos) No tails | |
| Subfamily Papilioninae of Family Papilionidae (swallowtails) -Yellow or white with black markings -Have tails on the hind wings | |
| -Subfamily Parnassiinae (apollos) Family Papilionidae -No tails -Usually white or grey with dark markings -Most have 2 small red spots on hind wings | |
| Family Pieridae (whites, sulphurs, orangetips) -medium-sized butterflies -generally white, yellow, orange or greenish -marked frequently in black -wing often has a dark spot. | |
| Common species in Family Pieridae -Sara's Orange-tip Anthocharis sara | |
| Family Lycaenidae (coppers, hairstreaks, blues, harvesters, metalmarks) (think of lichen, dark and lot spots, rings on antennae) -Antennae are usually ringed with white -usually small -often brightly coloured, frequently in iridescent blues, greens and coppery tones -small, hair-like tails on the hind wings | |
| Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies, anglewings, fritillaries) -wing margin is often irregularly notched -most have black wing marking and wavy lines or dots -medium-sized -many are orange or brown with dark markings -- but size and colour vary greatly | |
| Conservation Example (know genus/species identification) | Family: Nymphalidae Euphydryas editha taylori (Edith’s Checkerspot) -Action to discover is populations still exist in BC, prevent from becoming extinct here |
| Forestry Example (Know genus/species identification) | Family Eribidae Orgyia pseudotsugata (Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth) |
| Family Geometridae (loopers, measuring worms, geometers) (think geometric-lines, shape) -Wings typically have wavy lines -Forewings usually triangilar -Short-winged or wingless; wing loss is more common in the Geometridae | |
| Another Forestry Example (Know genus/species identification) | Operophtera brumata (Winter moth) |
| Family Noctuidae (e.g. Miller moths, Owlet moths, cutworms) -Heavy bodied -Fore wings are narrowed and hind wings are broadened -Hairlike antenna Long labial palps | |
| Agriculture example (know order id) | Family Sphingidae (sphinx or hawk moths, hornworms) |
| Family Tortricidae (leaf rollers) -small to medium-sized moths -fore wings are broad and usually square-tipped -tan, brown or grey and striped, spotted or marbled | |
| Life history of Family Tortricidae | -Silken cocoons in protected sites on the tree (under loose bark, in cracks and crevices), in the soil or in wooden materials -Larvae pupate in the spring and adults usually emerge May-June -Females lay eggs on fruit or on leaves near fruit |
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